JEFFERSON CITY - Most students either take the summer off to sleep late or find a job to help pay for tuition, but six young people from across Missouri have signed up for early wake up calls and long hours without pay as Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) interns. Jessica Sherrill of Cadet Baptist Church, Ashley Palmer and Lindey Broyles of First Baptist, Diamond, Caleb Brubaker, of First Baptist, St. James, Ryan Steel of First Baptist, Bismarck, and Gabriel Craig of Esther Baptist, … [Read more...]
Missouri disaster relief on the ground in Nepal
GHORKA, Nepal – Walking as many as 12 hours a day to remote regions still unreached by other aid, two Missouri Baptists are assessing needs and bringing in food and water on foot in this remote area of Nepal. Michael Updegrave of First Baptist, Wellington, and Kevin Bailey of Southern Hills, Bolivar, and a third volunteer from Virginia are part of a RAT team (Rapid Assistance Team) working with Baptist Global Response (BGR) in the wake of the April 25 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed … [Read more...]
Restoring lives in a shattered community
CARTHAGE — After an EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path of destruction through the city of Joplin on May 22, 2011, Thad Beeler surveyed the damage in his parents’ home. The tornado uprooted three large trees, throwing them on top of the house. It flipped his parents’ car and wrapped it around a neighbor’s tree. It ripped a six-foot-wide patio door out of the side of the house and drove a block of wood through three walls and a toaster oven. But Beeler thought it odd that family photos and … [Read more...]
DR leaders recognized
JEFFERSON CITY – Volunteer leaders for Missouri Disaster Relief gathered for a DR Roundtable at the Baptist Building here, March 13-14. During the roundtable, these leaders were challenged and encouraged by Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director John Yeats and MBC team leaders Matt Kearns (leadership development) and Rick Hedger (partnership missions), as well as DR specialists from around the nation—including Oklahoma Baptist DR Director Sam Porter and National DR Director … [Read more...]
Missouri answers Bucket Challenge
JEFFERSON CITY – Baptist Global Response (BGR) – the international disaster relief arm of Southern Baptists – is asking Missouri Baptists to help provide “buckets of hope” to sub-Saharan Africa, an area ravaged by HIV/AIDS. More than 23 million people there are living with HIV/AIDS, with more than a million dying each year. The “hospice kits” packed into a five-gallon bucket by Missouri Baptists is one way BGR has been able to open doors to share the gospel, said Missouri coordinators and … [Read more...]
A year after typhoon, Filipino island thriving
GIBITNGIL, the Philippines – What a difference a year – and a lot of Baptist sweat – make. Twelve months ago, nearly 100 kids scampered from a collapsing classroom as Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) tore their school apart. They rode out the storm for hours crammed into in an unfinished concrete bathroom as winds topped 200 mph and 50-foot waves battered the rocky beach below. One year later, however, the island’s school classrooms are rebuilt and instead of … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief starts endowment fund
OSAGE BEACH – A new endowment is critical to the continued ministry of Disaster Relief (DR) to bring help, hope and healing said the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) DR director Dwain Carter. “This is about setting course for the future,” Carter said. “The DR Legacy Endowment Fund will help make sure the ongoing DR ministry around never ends because of any possible financial shortfalls.” The MBC has set up a long-term, pure endowment to benefit DR ministry. That means that once an … [Read more...]
Special offering to be taken at annual meeting
OSAGE BEACH – Messengers will have a chance to take part in a special free-will offering on Tuesday morning at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Annual Meeting. The offering will support three Missouri Baptist ministries that encourage ministry to families, strengthen our churches and help those in need. “It’s not for our benefit,” said MBC president and pastor of First Baptist, Paris, Wesley Hammond. “All three of these initiatives help someone else.” The funds received are to be … [Read more...]
Women rebuild, touch Filipino hearts
GIBITNGIL, The Philippines – When Barbara Studt bends down and hugs each child at the small school on Gibitngil island – and not one child escapes her – she whispers in each ear, “Jesus loves you.” They grin, wiggle free and run away. Studt stands up, grins and makes her way to the teacher’s office to change from her water shoes to her work boots. She’s here to help rebuild the school destroyed in November 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Typhoon Yolanda. The children are … [Read more...]
Our obedience … His abundance
Empty nesters answering God’s call to care for orphans. A church reaching out to 6,000 Filipino immigrants living in Missouri. A once-withering church now hosting a vibrant congregation. A ministry devoted to loving the poor at nine different low-income housing sites. An international student ministry reaching 90,000 foreign-born college students in Missouri. A Missouri pastor taking part in his first international mission trip. What do these ministry stories have in … [Read more...]
Heavy hauler to Disaster Relief heavyweight
TRIMBLE – Ten years ago, Mike Beasley never could have imagined the ministry God had in store for this car-hauling truck driver. After retiring in 2006, the member of Trimble Baptist Church decided to be productive with his time and volunteer with Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) after an ice storm in Springfield. But he was turned away because he wasn’t trained. “I came home and talked with my wife and said we needed to get trained,” he said. “We didn’t plan on getting in too … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Bill to overturn Hobby Lobby decision on abortifacients stalls in Senate
Ben Johnson/LifeNews WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced by Senate Democrats to erode the religious liberty of Americans who object to abortion-inducing drugs or contraception has stalled. The Democrat-controlled body voted 56-43 to pass the bill, which would require business owners to offer contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs to their employees with no co-pay, regardless of their religious views. However, the measure needed 60 votes to proceed, due to Senate … [Read more...]
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